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QUOTE (scs787 @ Aug 10, 2016 -> 08:53 PM) Aaron Schnurbusch is giving him a run for his money. He's been fantastic for a 16th rounder. 2 for 3 so far with a homer. OBP over .500 after 40 games. BABIP too high.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Aug 6, 2016 -> 02:02 PM) Nobody is going crazy. Problem with Soxtalk: Young players struggle in A ball and they automatically are bad picks. Young players do well in rookie ball and it's because it's rookie ball. I am reasonably excited about Hansen, the realist side of me feels that top prospects (almost 22 years old) are expected to dominate rookie ball.

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Jul 31, 2016 -> 06:09 PM) Chris Comito has had a sneaky good season. Minus the stint in Kanny.

Nice to see him bounce back after that slow start in BHam earlier in the season. Looks like that stint in AFL isn't a fluke. Would be nice if he fills the need as starting CF. Elite speed and defense along with decent OBP potential isn't a bad combination for this team.

QUOTE (BaseballNick @ Jul 11, 2016 -> 10:24 PM) Engel 2-5, 3B. Eddy Alvarez 2-4. Hunter Jones (CF for the Dash) was 4-5. Great Falls is being no-hit through 6 innings. It's hard to believe, but Moises Sierra is only 27 years old. You'll see him in the majors again.

QUOTE (Thad Bosley @ Jul 4, 2016 -> 12:45 PM) So chances are the names that appear on the top 25/30 lists for Baseball America, Fangraphs, and MLB.com don't represent a collective view of the top available international talent out there, that the Sox bypassing all of those guys is no big deal? Ok, I guess I didn't realize the bogus nature of all of those lists compiled by those reputable organizations. Just going to have to put all of our eggs in the basket of hope that the Sox front office, long known for their excellence in scouting, has somehow done a better job this go around than teams like the Padres and Braves, who did go after guys on the top 30. Fool's errand on their part? You have to take those rankings with a grain of salt. Consider this, most of the development for these 16-17 year old kids will be in the next 2-3 years, a lot could change over that period of time - they could grow 2-3 inches, gain 20-40 lbs, develop a power stroke, gain 8-10 MPH on their fastballs, which changes the tools they bring as a player. Do yourself a favor and go find a scouting report for Chris Sale coming out of high school. He was such an afterthought that FGCU was the only D1 school to give him an offer. This is very common for many high schoolers every year before they hit their strides in college. But to me the kicker is these kids play in a foreign country and most of which do not play in organized competition American high schoolers do. I've read that once they've come to verbal agreements with teams, they basically disappear till the signing date so that other teams/scouts could not get in contact with these players. Chances that people who made up these top lists have a good read outside of maybe 5-10 kids is very slim. Scouting for the July 2nd international signing is such a crapshoot that I honestly believe that it is the most difficult area to scout if all of professional sports. I have no problem with the Sox going with kids they see a few traits they like and also going with quantity versus putting all eggs in one basket.

QUOTE (lasttriptotulsa @ Jul 3, 2016 -> 06:59 AM) Chris Sale reached the 1000 innings pitched mark yesterday. Baseball Reference uses a 1000 inning minimum to qualify for their "all time" leader boards. Here are a his rankings in a few categories: WHIP - 10th - 1.0615 All time leader - Addie Joss - .9678 K/9 - 3rd - 10.12 All time leader - Randy Johnson - 10.60 K/BB - 2nd - 4.724 All time leader - Tommy Bond - 5.036 ERA+ - 15th - 140 All time leader - Mariano Rivera - 205 Pretty impressive. Hopefully it continues for another couple thousand innings. http://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/...ls_career.shtml I'm totally fine with this dude having the honor over Sale. Check out that comb and the 'stache!

So much potential down in the AZL lineup, nice to see them hit well as a team last night.

Davidson has been consistently average to above average the past few months. Maybe he could net us someone like Addison Reed from a seller in July.

Inside fastball on 2 strikes, automatic out.

With the conservative nature of the ownership, don't expect Robin to be gone until we're 10 games under .500

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Jun 12, 2016 -> 08:42 AM) I expect Curelo to be fairly expensive in round 6. He's pretty highly regarded. Hickman probably signs this Time too. That's probably most of their bonus pool though. I think we might have a shot with signing at least one or two, I wouldn't imagined they'd spend 6 of the last 7 picks on HS kids if they think they won't have $$ left over. Don't know anything about the last kid selected but according to FS tracker, he does not have a college commitment yet, so he could be an easier sign.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Jun 10, 2016 -> 10:34 PM) .220 is definitely much worse than Austin Jackson (regarding the OP) Please. What's this? 2005 and we're still looking at batting average to tell how productive a player is? And while Engel might not hit much, he's at least a plus runner and fielder, and fwiw hit really well the last month or so. I'd give him a shot to see how he handles split playing time with Avi, there is no harm in that compared to the replacement level value we've been getting from Ajax.

Honestly, I'd give Adam Engel a shot since he couldn't do much worse than Jackson offensively. Defensively, he's ready for the job.

All teams that played have won, and two team pitched a shutout, a third almost did as well. On top of that Anderson homered. I will say this is probably the best showing we've had as an organization in recent memories.

I had zero confidence that Sox could turn Tatis into a real prospect. Maybe he now as a shot with the Padres.

Ranaudo K/BB rate since drafted: 2011: 117/46 2012: 27/27 2013: 127/47 2014: 111/54 2015: 90/46 2016 (MLB): 2/8 With Charlotte: 17/1 This dude is still very talented, if someone could help him work on his control issues, he might just be a quality starter in the majors. In other words, what he's doing in Charlotte is very encouraging.

Crossfit jesus is back! I actually think Rollins v. Styles will be a pretty good title feud at some point.

QUOTE (Leonard Zelig @ May 20, 2016 -> 01:32 PM) Not sure he's passed Tom Seaver or Steve Carlton yet. Not what he said, but pretty sure that's what he meant, based on the context of discussion. QUOTE (Quinarvy @ May 20, 2016 -> 02:09 PM) Ted Lyons spent 21 seasons with the team and is a HoFer. Ed Walsh had the first championship for the team, designed Comiskey and had some of the most dominant seasons ever. Sale's in striking distance though. I would say greatness would be measured by dominance also. Sale in two of the past 3 years has been as dominant as Walsh has ever been. I'll put him up there along with Ed Walsh and Eddie Cicotte as the most dominant pitcher in Sox history. Obviously longevity matters (that's what she said!), so I'll put Sale just outside of top 5 right now as the greatest Sox pitcher in history, even though his career ERA- and FIP- suggest he's been the best.

QUOTE (Leonard Zelig @ May 20, 2016 -> 01:32 PM) Not sure he's passed Tom Seaver or Steve Carlton yet. Those guys aren't in the discussion for greatest pitchers in White Sox history.

QUOTE (ChiSoxFanMike @ May 20, 2016 -> 12:38 PM) Sale is going to be the greatest pitcher to ever wear a White Sox uniform when it's all said and done. Mark it down. He already is.

Who would Ray compare to in the bigs? Adam Eaton? AJ Pollock?

No walks for Ranaudo, Coop fixed him!

Would love to get an updated scouting report on Adams, it's baffling to see a pitcher with his stuff getting hit around like he had been. Maybe he needs to learn to throw more pitches out of the zone, or maybe he needs to work on his command so he could throw more quality strikes instead of down the middle strikes. Had no idea Ynoa got promoted to AAA already, guess they like what they saw during the spring.

QUOTE (MnSoxFan @ May 2, 2016 -> 07:33 AM) If you do not care how the players on opposing teams fare. Or if you don't care about team totals, player's total HR and RBI if they accumulate those stats, or if you don't care about looking at a hideous page in general. Micker Adolfo hit a HR today, but I have to click into his profile to tell how many HR or RBI's he now has from mlbfarm. Cool concept with having a one stop shop, but needs a lot of work before primetime IMO.